Garment bag



W. M. MOORE May 14, 1935.

GARMENT BAG Filed May 24, 1953 MZZZU/YZMMQ QQ HIS ATTORNEYS Patented May 14, 1935 UNITED STATES PATIENT OFFICE 2,001,624 GARMENT BAG William M. Moore, Maywood, Ill. Application May 24, 1933, Serial No. 672,661

2 Claim. (01. ace-'1) This invention relates to certain novel improvements in garment bags.

An object of this invention is to provide a new and improved garment bag.

Other objects of the invention are: to provide a new and improved transparent garment bag; an improved top reinforcement for the bag to prevent tearing of the same; and to provide a novel protector enveloping the garment hanger.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawing, showing the preferred form of construction, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective front view of a preferred form of the new bag;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view on line 2-2 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective rear view of the new bag;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the bag top insert and reenforcing member; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a preferred form of garment hanger protector embodied in the in- ,vention.

The new garment bag is generally indicated at 7 II and is preferably made of suitable transparent material such as, for example, "Cellophane." The bag In includes a body 22 having seams ll suitably joined together at the rear of the bag, as by means of adhesive or otherwise. The bag I 2 may be made in any desired or standard commercial lengths suitable for suits, dresses, waists, shirts, coats, and other garments, and because of its transparency it affords opportunity for display of the garment therein and for inspection in the cleaners or tailors shop before delivery; and likewise affords an opportunity to the driver and customer to inspect the garment therein before or at the time of delivery.

Secured to the bottom of the bag body 22 in any suitable manner, as by an adhesive, and extending transversely thereof, is a strip II which seals the bottom of the bag and renders that end of the same mothproof. This strip is preferably made of the same transparent material as that of which the binding of the bag is made.

Indicated at I2 is a strip or member which is inserted into and fastened inside the neck of the bag in any suitable manneras by means of an adhesive, so as to reenforce the neck of the bag and to prevent tearing or ripping the same in handling or in inserting a garment into or removing the same from the bag. The reenforcing strip l2 may be made of any suitable material but is preferably made of suitable transparent material, such as Cellophane, to match the body of the bag and has formed therein a slot l3 for the 5 passage of the garment hanger hook I.

Indicated at I5 is a small strip which is adhesively secured to the rear of the bag at the top thereof and then folded down over, and pasted to, the front side of the bag to reenforce and 10 mothproof the opening l3 at the top ofthe bag. This strip I5 is also preferably made of transparent material and has a slot i6 formed there-' in to accommodate the shank of the hanger hook Indicated at I! is a form of protector for the garment hanger; this form of protector also preferably being made of suitable transparent material such as Cellophane.

The bag I0 is formed with an opening I 8 in its 2 neck which is later closed by the insert I 2, except for the opening i3 which allows for passage of the shank of the hanger hook therethrough. The top of the bag may be closed in any suitable manner, as by folding the top edge I! of the front 5 side over upon the rear side and adhesively securing the same thereto.

The bag i 0 is made with the bottom thereof open and the garment is' introduced into the bag through the open bottom20 which is then closed and mothproofed by the strip ll after the insertion of the garment 2|.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification, without departing from 'the spirit of the invention. 1, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the 40 scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is: I

1. In a Cellophane garment bag comprising a tubular body having a closed end provided with an open neck, a Cellophane" reenforcing member fastened to the inside walls defining the neck and having an opening aligned with the opening in the neck, a garment hanger comprising in part a hook member and two angularly arranged reaches, a. Cellophane covering for the load bearing parts of the garment hanger and shaped to conform to the angular reaches and having an opening receiving the hook member, the neck of said garment bag being shaped to conform to the inclined reaches of said garment hanger, the said covering fitting snugly within the neck with I the covering bearing against the inclined portions substantially throughout their entire length, and a "Cellophane reenforcing strip slit to receive the hook portion and cemented to the outersuriaces of the neck, to reenforce the area surrounding the opening therein.

2. In a Cellophane garment bag comprising a tubular body having a closed end provided with an open neck, a Cellophane reenforcing member fastened to the inside walls defining the neck and having an opening aligned with the opening in the neck, a garment hanger comprising in part a hook member and two angularlvarranged reaches, and a "Cellophane covering tor'the load bearing parts of the-garment hanger and shaped to conform to the angular reaches and having an opening receiving the hook member, the neck of said garment bag being shaped to conform to the inclined reaches ,of said garment hanger, the said covering fitting snugly within the neck with the covering bearing against the inclined portions substantially throughout their entire length.

WILLIAM M. MOORE. 

